Just got back from the movie, Social Network, This movie is about the developers of Facebook, and how it got started and the people that got stepped on along the way. It takes place at Harvard and Palo Alto. You witness a concept grow from an idea worth zero to 50 billion dollars.
What struck both Mr. Radish and I were the youth, drugs, sex, alcohol and sex on the campuses. Facebook was founded on the premise that students could look for all of the above on Facebook. People could look at your face, your relationship status and your interests, and determine if they wanted to date you.
While everyone drank when I was in college, and I had my share of totally drunkenness, drugs were not a problem. In fact, I hardly knew they existed. Sex was a private matter, generally taking place in cars. There were the exception of the “loose” girls who went up to the top floors of the fraternity house. There was not a plethora of them. Guys at least had to stand in line. Only some guys had their very own sex machines.
I did like the movie and do recommend it. The cast is great. Mr Radish has had a lot of fun reading about all the lawsuits etc on the Internet. But the two things, I started think about when I got home. One, my grandaughter will start college next year. This movie is not kind to Stanford and Harvard. I want my grand daughter to go to this movie with her mother and her father. The second thing is that I realize why when I need technical help from a dot.com company, they do not take phone calls. This is because they are drunk, drugged or having sex. This also is why they do not read beyond the first paragraph when you ask for help.
1) "totally drunkeness"???
2) "Only some guys had their very own sex machines." "Guys at least had to stand in line." ?????????? My MIL reads this, Mother!
3) Whew! We are taking one of those universities off the list. One wasn't even on it.
4) Can't wait to watch it!!!!
Posted by: expat princess | October 11, 2010 at 12:09 PM
My favorite part of this post: "The second thing is that I realize why when I need technical help from a dot.com company, they do not take phone calls. This is because they are drunk, drugged or having sex." You crack me up mom.
We saw Secretariat this weekend, which we all enjoyed and did not include any of the above topics -- unless you consider Secretariat's prowess. He sired more than 600 foals. Who knew?
Posted by: Mood Ring Mama | October 11, 2010 at 01:09 PM
I wish to point out about Stanford, that it was first in ranking by the London Times,I think, of Universities in America. Cal was 5 or 6, Yale was next and UCLA followed.
Let's just leave this that I had way,too much to drink on occasion.
Posted by: Sally Calligan | October 11, 2010 at 03:42 PM
Good thing your Grandkids don't read your blog;)!
Posted by: expat princess | October 12, 2010 at 02:10 AM
"Only some guys had their very own sex machines." My favorite line. I'm not even sure I know what it means but it's funny. Radish, you crack me up. I intend to share your thoughts on tech support with the customer support department at my new employer. I haven't noticed anyone have sex or taking drugs, but maybe I'm not paying attend.
LOVE the pic!
Posted by: MCV was Here | October 12, 2010 at 09:43 PM